Title :
Current status of clinical high-intensity focused ultrasound
Author :
Hwang, Joo Ha ; Crum, Lawrence A.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is being promoted as a noninvasive method to treat certain primary solid tumors, metastatic disease, and enhance drug delivery. The field of medicine is evolving towards increasing use of noninvasive and minimally invasive therapies such as HIFU. This article provides an overview of current clinical applications of HIFU and future requirements to expand the clinical applications of this technique.
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; cancer; drug delivery systems; radiation therapy; reviews; tumours; clinical high-intensity focused ultrasound; drug delivery; metastatic disease; minimally invasive therapies; overview; tumors; Forecasting; High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation; Humans; Neoplasms; Surgery, Computer-Assisted;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5335244
